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Deleted Scene:

This is a scene from Nightmare that I
ended up cutting because it broke the flow of the book. I saved
the beginning of this scene for use in Numb because it actually
works there. But since events in Nightmare prevent the rest of
this scene from happening, I couldn't use this specific part. So
I'm sharing it with you! It features the double date that Ava,
Peter, Tex and Viktor go on, but they have an unexpected visitor. -- Chelsea M. Cameron

“Is this lovely?” A British accent
that I've come to despise pops our shiny date bubble.

“Ivan.” Peter doesn't grit his
teeth or spit out the name, but the sentiment is there. He
shoves me behind him. Typical guy. Viktor takes a defensive
stance in front of Tex. I know we're human and women and all,
but it kind of bugged me in weird way. Peter and I had gone
through all this Claiming business so that Ivan couldn't touch
me. And he was still trying to be all manly and protective.

“Come now, there's no need for
that. I'm not here to ruin your little get together. I just
wanted to make a little visit.”

“You already did that. You came,
you saw, you conquered. Why are you still here?” I can't help
the words that spill out of my mouth.

“Who's that?” Tex mouths at me from
behind Viktor's back. God, I never wanted to get her into this.
I told Peter I thought we were tempting fate by pretending like
everything was normal. And I was right. I didn't want to be
right. It sucks to be right, right now.

“You need to leave.”

“But I just got here, and I have
not met this creature yet.” He tries to sidle around Viktor, but
he doesn't get very far.”

For the first time in her life, Tex
keeps her mouth shut and doesn't make some sort of comment. Her
wide eyes behind her glasses tell me she's really freaked out.
Well, join the freaking club.

“Interesting. Are you now flirting
with mortality?”

“Ivan.”

“Come now, I just wanted to see.
You can't blame me. Not when something delicious wanders so
willingly into your arms. She looks like Adele.”

Viktor is silent. The chatter of
the other passengers fades, as if there is a wall around us.

“How did you get here?”

“I followed you.” Obviously. His
hair and clothes are drenched. God, I hope no one saw him
getting on the boat from the ocean. Which is not really the
biggest problem we've got on our hands.

“What do you want?” I would rather
eat glass than plea with Ivan, but that's exactly what I'm
doing. I just can't deal with it anymore.

“You will see, my dear. You will
see.”

“Enough. I've totally had enough. I
was fine with it when we just had to worry about Di and her
nefarious schemes to get around the bind, but I can't deal with
you trying to be all charming when you're really just going to
stab us in the back.” He laughs and Tex covers her ears. I've
heard it before, but am able to stand the sound. It's a cross
between what a male goblin who'd smoked his whole life and the
squinch of Styrofoam. And something else. Something that makes
you want to do anything to stop the sound.

“You are right about one thing. I
am charming. But I'm not trying to stab you in the back. I would
never stab anything so enchanting in the back.”

“Yeah, I'm done.” I try to walk
away, but Peter holds onto my arm.

“Ava.” Just one word. Just my name.
And for the first time I see it. Fear. I feel it, snaking down
my arm like hot liquid. It flows from him to me and I'm forced
to drink it in. Peter doesn't get scared. Ever. This is bad.

“I shall leave you to your lovely
little ride. Until we meet again, my lady.” He bows to me, steps
onto the railing and shoots so fast into the water, that I only
see him because I know he's doing it. I doubt anyone watching
from belowdecks would have seen it. Tex gasps and leans over the
side of the boat, but I know he's not going to come up for air.

“Who the hell was that?”

“Our brother,” Viktor and Peter say
at the same time.

“That was your brother? Dear god,
there are some good genes in this family.”

NOCTURNAL

The Noctalis Chronicles #1
Publication Date: February 11, 2012

Seventeen-year-old
Ava-Claire Sullivan isn't one for doing the expected. Especially when
she finds out her mother's cancer is terminal. After a crying session in
the local cemetery where she's attacked by one strange guy and saved by
another, she doesn't call the cops. Because those guys definitely
weren't your average hooligans.

And the one who sort-of saved
her? Well, he's odd. He doesn't seem to breathe or smile or have
anything better to do than wait in the cemetery for Ava to come back.
Which she does. Call it morbid curiosity. Even after he warns her that
he's dangerous, she can't stop wanting to see him, talk to him, be with
him.

There's something about Peter that provides a much-needed
escape from her mother's diagnosis and her tenuous relationship with her
father. Even her best friends Jamie and Texas don't know what it's like
to face death. But Peter does. He already has. He also made a promise a
long time ago that could destroy both of them.

When everything
in your life is falling apart, what are you willing to give up to hold
onto the one thing that could last forever?

OF

NIGHTMARE

The Noctalis Chronicles #2
Publication Date: April 14, 2012

Ava-Claire Sullivan
still doesn't follow the rules. She shouldn't have let Peter Claim her,
turning her into his own personal blood bank. She shouldn't have told
Tex Peter was immortal because now her best friend won't shut up about
hooking up with Peter's equally immortal brother, Viktor. And she
shouldn't have fallen in love with Peter.

Too late. Sometimes,
love kills. One promise Peter made nearly a hundred years ago could do
it. A kiss, a touch could be the end of him. So all she has to do is not
let him fall in love with her. Easier said than done.

But Ava's
going to find a way for him to be free, even if it kills her. Or makes
her immortal. There's no way she's losing Peter in addition to her
mother. No freaking way.

What would you do when the one you love would die if they loved you back?

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